"Over the last two decades, alongside his better known sculptural work, German artist Thomas Schütte (born 1954) has created watercolors and drawings of his acquaintances and friends, as well as numerous self-portraits (such as the Mirror Drawings). These drawings are often created in series, as Schütte approaches the same subject over and over, obsessively covering all angles and methodically exhausting the possibilities. Schütte’s draw ..."
"For his 2011 exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, recorded in this volume, Arte Povera veteran Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933) devised a chest-high labyrinth made of cardboard, to draw visitors through the galleries and steer them into encounters with various sculptures."
"Adrian Villar Rojas The first thing seen upon entering the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery is a life-size clay elephant, pitching itself toward a brick wall. This work is part of an installation by Argentine artist Adrian Villar Rojas (born 1980), documented in this catalogue."
"The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 is designed by award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (born 1971)--the thirteenth and, at 41, youngest architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary structure for the Serpentine Gallery. The Serpentine’s past pavilions have included designs by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei (2012), Frank Gehry (2008), the late Oscar Niemeyer (2003) and Zaha Hadid (2000). Inspired by organic struct ..."
"Multiple singularities, simultaneously accessible as they share the same space or room.' – Wolfgang Tillmans This selection of works, presented here in full colour, often on double-page spreads, includes many new pieces."
"Pioneer of Auto-Destructive art, affiliate of Fluxus and the subject of several books but never a full retrospective, Gustav Metzger (born 1926) at last receives a substantial retrospective on more than half a century of activity. Born in Nüremberg, Germany, to Polish-Jewish parents, Metzger was evacuated to England with his brother as part of the Kindertransport in 1939 (his parents disappeared in 1943); 20 years later, after a period ..."
"This catalogue shows Summer 2014 Kensington Gardens becoming a destination for devotees of the 'pioneer of performance art' as Marina Abramovic takes up residence at the Serpentine Gallery. Following her major retrospective The Artist is Present at MoMa in 2010, the celebrated artist creates a brand new performance for the exhibition as well as works from throughout her career, re-performed for the first time since their original presen ..."
"The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 is designed by award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (born 1971)--the thirteenth and, at 41, youngest architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary structure for the Serpentine Gallery. The Serpentine’s past pavilions have included designs by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei (2012), Frank Gehry (2008), the late Oscar Niemeyer (2003) and Zaha Hadid (2000). Inspired by organic struct ..."
"For his 2011 Serpentine Pavilion commission, Peter Zumthor provided visitors with a "hortus conclusus"--a "secret garden" whose contents were designed by Piet Oudolf, hidden within an enigmatic plain black structure. This volume records the pavilion, which received rave reviews, with photographs and a fully illustrated index of the plants used."
"Through a simultaneous process of building and un-building, re-cycling and improvising, Klara Liden's psychologically laden films, actions and structures reveal the hidden aggression and potential rebellion that rests under the surface of ..."
"With his memorably titled 1956 collage "Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?," British artist Richard Hamilton (born 1922) heralded the British Pop revolution; and with his 1967 "Swingeing London" series of prints, which depicted the arrest of Mick Jagger and Robert Fraser, Hamilton's art entered the general public consciousness. But unlike so many Pop artists, Hamilton was never an uncritical or ambivale ..."